Bio Engineer Archive

Tal-N Chratk
Ahazi Master Bioengineer / Hunt Master / Rifleman
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Tal'N Chratk
Shadowfire Bounterhunter / Commando

Apart from all the hub-bub about CH bugs and inadequacies, I would like to delve into an area of CH mentioned in the SWG manual that I just don't observe happening. I recall reading the manual stated that with enough care and feeding the pet can grow larger that its' natural counterpart. The operative word is "can" but I see no evidence of this. I recently qual 2,2,2,2 in CH and will grind double the XP to train it and have been at CH for several weeks. I feed my pets, I take them for walks, I profess my love to them (/love), I hug my pets (/hug), I reassure them in battle (/reassure), I kiss my pets gently on the lips (/kiss [yuck]), I pet them (/pet), I play with them and watch as they perform tricks to heal their mind, I do practically everything possible to get my pet larger than its' natural counterpart but nothing works.

One can only feed a pet when it is hungry so no fat pets here, I am only lvl 2 Org Chem so no BE here yet, and I don't see evidence of pet growth beyond the in-game lvl and that of its' natural counterpart. Thus, if I wanted to tame and train a Mountain Squill (will wait for lvl 3 CH unless lvl 2 quals), grow it up with enough care and feeding as the manual states, and use it in its' larger form to help me whack on squills, I can't.

There should most definitely be a means of performing this per the SWG manual. Now this is not a rant over bugs. I am sure the Devs know the issues and will be doing their best to sort them out as well as add new items. I am simply disaapointed in features that ought to be in the game but are not. Now this should not mean a Mountain Squill, for example, grows 2-3 times larger and more powerful than its' natural counterpart. However, I expect to see a notch or twoon the max lvl increase before the pet reaches full size.

For BEs, it would be great to be able to BE the pet larger by a few more notches yet the system recognizes a lvl 10 original that has been BE as a non-CH pet so it can then be sold. I would also like to see an increase in the number of petslwr lvl CHs can pull out ifnot to increase the scenery then to increase the xp in combat.

I like what the Devs have done thus far although the disappearing act these pets can do (I don't remember training that) and their at times, depending on species, sheepish fear to fight when told getting them a hearty slap across the face, a scold, a beat down, whatever is quite distracting.

One more item. NPC and tamed pets tend to run off which is a good thing except the tamed pets will at times whig out and run away out of sight and half way across the planet. I would prefer if my pet ran to me so I can blast the dang nabit thing taking its' HAM down. Ifmy pet wants to chase an NPC across the planet, then fine just expect a slap across the face when it gets back. Having them run toward their trainer when the HAM is low will keep the hunting group's cohesion together so we can focus on completing the mission and not have half the group chasing down a target led away by my scared pet.

I am going to have patience with CH since Master Marksman, Novice Carbineer isn't exactly the take down aNPC in a few shots profession and a tanking pet is always welcome fodder.

Captain Cielago
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"Hope clouds judgement"
"Each experience carries its own lesson"
Frank Herbert's Dune.